Finance Analytics MSc

at King's College London

Our MSc in Finance Analytics offers a unique combination of a rigorous academic programme that teaches the recent developments in data analytics and a unique practitioners’ view of how these developments are shaping the practical aspects of finance.

For example, the programme teaches big data methods with applications to risk management, product origination, and trading; text mining techniques with applications to forecasting; automation techniques with applications to robo-advice/trading; and FinTech developments in banking.

Graduates will thus gain knowledge and skills that are highly sought after by financial industry firms, including incumbent large financial institutions as well as disruptor/start-ups focusing on innovation. In addition, given the importance of analytics in a broader context, the course provides skills that can be used across a wide range of industries outside Finance, including e-commerce, hospitality, retail, pharmaceutical, and media.

Student employability is one of the main focuses of the Programme. Firstly, the Programme has been designed in close collaboration with leading financial industry practitioners. Second, active senior finance industry practitioners participate in the teaching of a large proportion of the modules. Third, the Programme offers additional ungraded modules that enhance students’ programming skills as well as their understanding of financial markets.

This course is best suited for students with strong mathematical skills and quantitative backgrounds, such as finance, mathematics, engineering, computer science, and economics.